Please remember in your prayers Rosalie Ann Snyder, mother of Barbara Snyder, Binz Refectory Food Service. Rosalie, 65, was from Pine City. She died April 29. Funeral services were held May 4 at Swanson Funeral Chapel in Pine City.
Please remember in your prayers Maddie Poguyo, niece of Tricia Dornisch, women’s basketball coach at St. Thomas. Maddie, 14, died from a brain tumor May 6. Arrangements had not been made as of Friday, May 7. Please check local newspapers for more information.
UST in the news Here’s a roundup of recent stories of interest that mention St. Thomas. Read the stories by clicking on the links. Links do expire and change as papers move stories to “archive” status, so be sure to read stories soon if you’re interested. In some cases, you’ll need to register on the [...]
Kevin Knutson, an undergraduate student majoring in business and economics, presented a paper he co-authored with Dr. Lorman Lundsten and Dr. Dave Brennan, Marketing Department, at the annual Minnesota Academy of Science meeting April 24 in St. Joseph. Title of the paper was "A Strategy for Coping With Suppressed Values in Retail Census Data." Dr. [...]
Please remember in your prayers Dr. Frederick Robinson, 67, father-in-law of Dr. Greg Robinson-Riegler, professor of psychology. Frederick died of a stroke in his Lafayette, Ind., home in on April 28. A funeral Mass was held May 3 at St. Lawrence Catholic Church in Lafayette. In addition to his daughter, Dr. Bridget Robinson-Riegler, Frederick is [...]
Please remember in your prayers James Kragness, father-in-law of Janice Kragness, director of the Keffer Library in Opus Hall. James, 60, died April 24. Funeral services were held April 28 at Our Savior’s Lutheran Church in New Ulm. Burial will be at noon Thursday, April 29, in the Florida Lutheran Cemetery in Canby, Minn.
Here’s your weekly roundup of St. Thomas media mentions.
Please remember in your prayers Kristin Eva Schutz, daughter of Paul Lane, Physics Department, and his wife, Eva. Kristin, 36, died after a long battle with cancer on April 25. Interment will be at Lakewood Cemetery in Minneapolis. A memorial service will be held later.
Dr. Sharon Gibson, Organization Learning and Development Department, is the author of a peer-reviewed article, "Social Learning (Cognitive) Theory and Implications for Human Resource Development," in the May issue of Advances in Developing Human Resources (Vol. 6, No. 2, pages 193-210). Dr. Kenneth Goodpaster, Koch Endowed Chair in Business Ethics, is the author of an [...]
Please remember in your prayers Donald Welbes, father of Ann Hubbard and Marie Rodier. Hubbard works in International Education at St. Thomas and her sister Marie Rodier is a student in the School of Social Work. Their father died April 22. Visitation will be held from 4 to 8 p.m., with vigil prayers at 7:30 [...]
UST in the news Here’s a roundup of recent stories of interest that mention St. Thomas. Read the stories by clicking on the links. Links do expire and change as papers move stories to “archive” status, so be sure to read stories soon if you’re interested. In some cases, you’ll need to register on the [...]
Dr. John Conbere, Organization Learning and Development Department, was a featured speaker for the ODNetwork, a monthly gathering of organization development consultants in Minnesota. His topic was OD and the development of modern conflict-management systems in organizations. Students Krystyna Harrod and Ashlee Kerkhoff, St. Thomas orientation co-coordinators, recently attended the National Orientation Directors Association Region [...]
Please remember in your prayers Gladys Marie Grider, mother of Alice Grider, Multicultural Student Services. Gladys, 95, died April 13. Visitation and funeral services will be held Monday, April 19, at Christ Church Apostolic, 6601 Grandview Dr., Indianapolis, Ind.
Quote of the week by the late President Harry Truman, by way of UST’s own Dr. Fred Zimmerman: “If you want a friend in Washington, get a dog.”
Dr. Phil Anderson, Management Department, and Dr. Leigh Lawton, Marketing Department, recently presented two papers. The first, "Applying Problem-Based Learning Pedagogy to a Simulation Exercise," was published in the conference proceedings of the 2004 International Applied Business Research Conference held last month in San Juan Puerto Rico. The second paper, "Simulation Exercises and Problem-Based Learning: [...]
Please remember in your prayers Kathleen Ann (McShannock) Kelly, wife of Don Kelly and mother of Alison Kelly; both are St. Thomas students. Kathie, 56, died at home March 29. Visitation will be held from 6 to 8 p.m. Tuesday, April 6, at Mount Calvary Lutheran Church, 301 County Road 19, Excelsior. A memorial service [...]
Dr. John Conbere, Organization Learning and Development Department, was a featured presenter at the 2004 Symposium on Workplace Conflict Resolution: Designs for Success, held March 14-15 at the South Texas College of Law in Houston. The symposium was sponsored by the Institute for the Study of Conflict Transformation at Hofstra University School of Law and [...]
Dr. James Burns, Graduate School of Professional Psychology, will present a poster, "The Relationship of Spirituality to Adolescent Male Anger and Aggression," at the Division 36 Midwinter Research Conference of the American Psychological Association at Loyola College in Maryland. Burns also is a psychology fellow of Harvard Medical School and McLean Hospital in Boston, and [...]
UST in the news Here’s a roundup of recent stories of interest that mention St. Thomas. Read the stories by clicking on the links. Links do expire and change as papers move stories to “archive” status, so be sure to read stories soon if you’re interested. In some cases, you’ll need to register on the [...]
Please remember in your prayers Walter Edwards, father of Carolyn Edwards, Information Resources and Technologies. Walter, 77, died March 7. A memorial service will be held at 11 a.m. Friday, March 12, at Oak Grove Presbyterian Church, 2200 W. Old Shakopee Rd., Bloomington.
Bruce Benidt, Journalism and Mass Communication Department, is the author of "Reporting With Attitude," an article in the winter/spring issue of Newsworthy: The Magazine of the Minnesota News Council. Dr. Michael Hennessey, Programs in Engineering and Technology Management, was invited to give a talk to 3M’s Technical Forum, Abrasives Chapter, on March 5. The technical [...]
UST in the news Here’s a roundup of recent stories of interest that mention St. Thomas. Read the stories by clicking on the links. Links do expire and change as papers move stories to “archive” status, so be sure to read stories soon if you’re interested. In some cases, you’ll need to register on the [...]
Professional notes Dr. Elise Amel, Dr. Jean Giebenhain, Dr. Lauren Braswell and Dr. John Tauer, Psychology Department, recently presented at the winter conference of Collaboration for the Advancement of College Teaching and Learning. The title of the conference was "Teaching for Wisdom: Achieving Higher Order Thinking in Our Graduates," and the title of their talk was [...]
Please remember in your prayers Dorothy Kjelsberg, mother of Marilyn Blais, School of Education. Dorothy, 90, died Feb. 20 in her St. Paul home. A memorial service will be held at 10 a.m. Friday, Feb. 27, in the chapel at Gustavus Adolphus Lutheran Church, 1669 Arcade St., St. Paul, (651) 774-5954. Memorials are preferred to [...]